Are miners human beings, or merely human resources?

[Steve Hayes]

Did 44 people have to die to get people to take striking miners seriously? Are
they being taken seriously even now? Are they even regarded as human beings?

If they say that the mine can't afford to raise the pay of rock drillers, and
that the workers' demands are unreasonable, perhaps they should look to see if
they can afford the salaries of the grossly overpaid bosses, whose
incompetence and intransigence led to the crisis in the first place.

http://methodius.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-treating-miners-as-human-beings.html
or
http://t.co/3CipePAp

[Etienne Marais]

Post by Steve Hayes
Did 44 people have to die to get people to take striking miners seriously? Are
they being taken seriously even now? Are they even regarded as human beings?
If they say that the mine can't afford to raise the pay of rock drillers, and
that the workers' demands are unreasonable, perhaps they should look to see if
they can afford the salaries of the grossly overpaid bosses, whose
incompetence and intransigence led to the crisis in the first place.
http://methodius.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-treating-miners-as-human-bei...
orhttp://t.co/3CipePAp
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog:http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Yes and No, they deserve decent working conditions and wages at the
historical London-Rhodesian (now just London) mining company. But they
did not exactly behave like human beings either.

Neither did the 15000 odd protesters (with guns/machetes/pangas/
pipes) who stormed the 300 odd policemen during Sharpville.

[Steve Hayes]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:50:49 -0700 (PDT), Etienne Marais

Post by Etienne Marais

Post by Steve Hayes
Did 44 people have to die to get people to take striking miners seriously? Are
they being taken seriously even now? Are they even regarded as human beings?
If they say that the mine can't afford to raise the pay of rock drillers, and
that the workers' demands are unreasonable, perhaps they should look to see if
they can afford the salaries of the grossly overpaid bosses, whose
incompetence and intransigence led to the crisis in the first place.
http://methodius.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-treating-miners-as-human-bei...
orhttp://t.co/3CipePAp
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog:http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Yes and No, they deserve decent working conditions and wages at the
historical London-Rhodesian (now just London) mining company. But they
did not exactly behave like human beings either.
Neither did the 15000 odd protesters (with guns/machetes/pangas/
pipes) who stormed the 300 odd policemen during Sharpville.

According to eyewitnesses they were unarmed.